Course Description
Analysis of data from clinical, laboratory, and population medicine: descriptive statistics; probability; binomial, Poisson, normal, t-, and chi-square distributions; confidence intervals; one- and two-sample hypothesis testing; basic nonparametric tests; power and sample size calculations; simple linear regression and correlation. Computing applications will utilize menu-driven software.
Athena Title
POP HEALTH STAT I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in or STAT 6210, STAT 6310, BIOS 7010
Semester Course Offered
Offered summer semester every odd-numbered year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course introduces students to basic statistical concepts and methods that are commonly employed in biomedical research. After completing the course, students should be able to: 1) summarize data using descriptive statistics and graphical methods; 2) interpret and critically evaluate the results of basic statistical methods as they are presented in the medical literature; and 3) apply the methods to a new set of data with some guidance from a statistician.
Topical Outline
Descriptive Methods Basic Probability Concepts Binomial, Poisson, and Normal Distributions Sampling Distributions Parameter Estimation Hypothesis Testing Power and Sample Size Calculations Nonparametric and Distribution-free Statistics Chi-square / Contingency Table Analysis Simple Linear Regression and Correlation